"So you're saying that if you were in Fruits Basket, you could hug anyone you wanted?"
"Probably."
"Dude, that's awesome."
That short conversation, those mere twenty words, would change my life forever. Oh, I nearly forgot to introduce myself. I'm Kohaku Garnett. I'm 16 years old, and I'm agender, even if I was born female (and still have long hair).
Being agender is… frustrating sometimes, with all the dumb questions people ask and shopping is almost always a horrendous experience, but after discovering my new favorite anime, Fruits Basket, I guess the frustration is kinda worth it.
See, in Fruits Basket, there's a family by the name of Sohma. They've had a curse on their family since, well, forever. Whenever someone of the opposite gender hugs certain members of the family, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.
Well, except for two: Kyo Sohma, who turns into a cat, and Akito Sohma, who is the 'God' of the curse. No one knows what happens when a girl hugs him, though.
Sorry, got a little bit off topic there. Anyway, in Fruits Basket, a girl named Tohru Honda accidentally finds out about the Sohma curse when she grabs Kyo from behind in order to keep him from attacking Yuki, the rat of the zodiac. Kyo then transformed into a cat, and I sat watching from my computer, laughing my head off.
Uh, what was my point again? Oh, yeah. Since I'm agender, if I was in Fruits Basket, I could hug the male Sohmas without them transforming into the zodiac, since I'm not a girl. Even if I were, I could still hug the girls, and that'd be nice.
If you, dear reader, were wondering how this seemingly useless information is relevant to my story, I'll tell you. I was somehow sucked into the world of Fruits Basket. I don't even know how. It just happened. One minute, I was starting to rewatch the series, the next… well, read on and find out for yourself!